The billionaire businessman claimed his plan to help fund the expansion of a primary school’s science centre has faced opposition from officials.
Downing Street has denied claims that Sir James Dyson has been blocked by officials from donating £6 million to his local state primary school.
Asked why the Government was stopping the new science and technology centre from being built, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman told reporters on Monday: “That’s not an accurate characterisation. Sir James described it as “a tragic example of how politicians’ actions fail to match their rhetoric” in wanting to turn the UK into a science and technology superpower.
An agreement between Wiltshire Council and local developer Persimmon Homes suggests that the school needs to build additional classrooms to accommodate more pupils, as well as the new science and technology centre in order to use the land allocated for its expansion, it is understood.
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